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Virgil Poet
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"Fortunate is he whose mind has the power to probe the causes of things and trample underfoot all terrors and inexorable fate."

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George Carlin Comedian, Actor
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"Life is sacred? Who said so? God? Hey, if you read history, you realize that God is one of the leading causes of death."

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Leonardo da Vinci Artist, Scientist, Inventor
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"Nature is the source of all true knowledge. She has her own logic, her own laws, she has no effect without cause nor invention without necessity."

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Richard Pryor Comedian, Actor
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"When I was in Africa, this voice came to me and said, "Richard, what do you see?" I said, "I see all types of people." The voice said, "But do you see any niggers?" I said, "No." It said, "Do you know why? 'Cause there aren't any.""

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Kurt Vonnegut Novelist, Satirist
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"There is no beginning, no middle, no end, no suspense, no moral, no causes, no effects. What we love in our books are the depths of many marvelous moments seen all at one time."

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Ed Parker Martial Artist, Author
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"The true Martial Artist is not the one who fears change, but the one who causes it to happen."

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Frederick Douglass Social Reformer, Writer
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"I knew that however bad the Republican party was, the Democratic party was much worse. The elements of which the Republican party was composed gave better ground for the ultimate hope of the success of the colored mans cause than those of the Democratic party."

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